maricopa county, arizona all right, good morning, welcome to the cross connection, i am tiffany cross. as you heard right now, house speaker nancy pelosi s husband was attacked yesterday. a 42-year-old man broke into those tight offices go home, hit paul pelosi in the head with the hammer multiple times, that s according to law enforcement, and the man says he is going to tie him up and quote, until nancy got home. that poured is quoted to a pelosi family member. thankfully she said paul pelosi is expected to make a full recovery, this is after he has to undergo surgery to repair is gold fracture. we don t know the precise motive at the law enforcement, they say he is still investigating, with officials saying that the suspects social media posts shows a quote, mixed ideology of both anti establishment, and more recently, far-right extremist ideas. the attacker does come amid but capital police say the huge spike in threats against members of congress. this is where we are.
All across the country as capitol police officers and company lawmakers back in their district, back in their state, and keep them safe as you mentioned, amid the surge in threats against lawmakers on capitol hill. some changes have already been made to make lawmakers feel more safe. one of them happening about three months ago when congress approved the home security plan that gave lawmakers $10,000 to shore up security around their home. that is because threats against the law makers have nearly tripled in just the past four years. that s according to capitol police. records that we followed them in the news, we follow the news yesterday that a man pled guilty to threatening democratic congressman eric swalwell back in july. new york republican lawmaker, as well as the lead zeldin with attack they are undermanned all delivering